The person named established 18 suckler cow quota rights in 1993. He purchased 7.5 quota rights in 1995 and has leased out his entire quota of 25.5 quota rights as and from 1996. Since he is a participant in the early retirement scheme, he is precluded from farming in the future.
Since all livestock premia schemes will cease at the end of 2004 and will be replaced with one new scheme known as the single payment scheme on 1 January 2005, suckler cow and ewe premium quotas will no longer be required by any farmer in order to obtain payment.
There are no provisions under EU Council Regulation 1782/2003 or EU Commission Regulation 795/2004 for member states implementing full decoupling based on the historical model, to compensate farmers for loss of suckler cow or indeed ewe premium quotas.